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Ensign Pulver

1964, Movie, NR, 104 mins

Ensign Pulver: Review

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Robert Walker, Jr. takes the title Jack Lemmon role in this lame sequel to MISTER ROBERTS. The USS Reluctant roams the South Pacific in the waning days of World War II, dropping cargo at obscure island bases. The ship is ruled over by a tyrannical captain (played by the unlikely Burl Ives), and most of the comedy revolves around his excesses and the men's dissatisfaction. Pulver entertains ambitions of becoming a medical man and the ship's doctor (Walter Matthau) is his mentor. When a storm washes the captain overboard, Pulver goes out to rescue him, but it's not until morning that they are missed, and the pair drift in a rubber raft until they wash up on an island. There, the captain gets an attack of appendicitis and Pulver has to operate, getting his instructions over the radio from Doc back on the ship. Vastly inferior to its predecessor and terribly contrived, ENSIGN PULVER suffers most from its casting, with Walker no Lemmon and Ives no James Cagney. The best reason to see the film is to catch a number of future stars (Larry Hagman, James Farentino, James Coco, Jack Nicholson, et al.) at the beginning of their careers. leave a comment
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